Mortality patterns following downsizing at Pan American World Airways

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy worker effect; Heart diseases; Mortality; Personnel downsizing; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK;

AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549035804     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm328     Document Type: Article

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